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[Lesley Zamansky]You know, we never labeled them when they were little. We didn’t say “Oh you have this, you have this, you have this.” They were just kids.

SUPER: Lesley Zamansky

[Lesley Zamansky]I had four boys. Twelve years apart. And, you know, a lot of people in a small space. You have to be a team. You have to get along.

[Andrew Zamansky]Well, Eric, he’s outgoing.

[Eric Zamansky]Andrew is the quiet one. Alex is like a teddy bear.

SUPER: Alex Zamansky

SUPER: Andrew Zamansky

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[Eric Zamansky]Unless, you know, you get him a little upset. Then he turns into a grizzly bear.

SUPER: DEC. 4. 1991

[Lesley Zamansky] They’ve had their moments, and literally knockout brawls like boys will do. But at the end of the day, everybody is there for one another.

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[Alex Zamansky] It’s amazing how strong of a bond we have together as brothers, and it shows on the field as well as at home.

SUPER: Alex Zamansky

[Eric Zamansky] I love these – I love, you know, my brothers. I would, you know, do anything for them.

SUPER: Eric Zamansky

[Lesley Zamansky] Eric was born with cerebral palsy. Eric does so much more than he physically or intellectually should be able to do because nobody ever told him he couldn’t. It will be two years in March since he’s had his job at the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. This is, you know, his first long-term job. I give him a lot of credit because it’s not easy for him.

[Eric Zamansky] Oh, it’s fun. We goof off as coworkers, but we also get the work done. It’s like a huge, huge team.

[Flag Football Team]1, 2, 3, Haverhill!

[Lesley Zamansky] This is big. This is, you know, they’re going to Seattle.

[Eric Zamansky] When we practice football, we leave the goofiness aside and we do our job. Hopefully we bring back gold for the state of Massachusetts.

[Andrew Zamansky] If you were talking to me before the football, I would be totally crying. I would, like, look away, I would, like, probably hide away in my room and I would not talk. For me to have autism, it was really hard for me to, to socialize with people.

SUPER: Andrew Zamansky

[Andrew Zamansky] But with Special Olympics, there’s flag football, I can finally, like, socialize with people.

[Lesley Zamansky] You know, they struggled with confidence. Special Olympics gave them confidence. When you have kids that struggle, there’s not many moments in the sun. So, to have this moment, it’s life-changing.

[Lesley Zamansky]The excitement is off the charts in this house. You know, “I’ve never been out west! How long do you think the plane ride is?”

[Andrew Zamansky] It’s the biggest opportunity we’ve ever had in our life.

[Lesley Zamansky]This is from 1991. May fourth.

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[Lesley Zamansky] I can’t even imagine Special Olympics not being in Eric and Andrew’s life. It’s everything.

[Lesley Zamansky]And I remember their heartaches, and their frustrations, and their temper tantrums and the bullying. They stick with you. So, to see my now grown men be part of something, I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I am that they get to tell their story. And their story is just as important as anybody else’s.

[Andrew Zamansky] You put me, Alex, you, and Noah on a team, okay? Four on four. Who’s going to beat us? No one’s going to beat us.

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